Painting the Night with Light

Painting the Night with Light

By Jeff Tome, Public Engagement Specialist Do you ever have one of those moments when you notice something out of the corner of your eye that doesn’t look quite right, so you glance over to see what is going on? That happened to me last weekend as I set up for Audubon...
Do the Great Backyard Bird Count

Do the Great Backyard Bird Count

By Craig Thompson Let’s be honest, mid-February is an absolutely lousy time to ask people to count birds, but that is exactly what the National Audubon Society and Cornell Lab of Ornithology ask people to do. The weather is often intolerably cold, for people and for...
Nature in the City

Nature in the City

By Katie Finch, Senior Nature Educator I recently visited Charleston, South Carolina, a city full of history, tourist attractions, and beautiful buildings on the Atlantic Coast. We spent much of the day walking around the city. I’m not accustomed to the crowds,...
A Reason to Bird

A Reason to Bird

By Katie Finch At Audubon Community Nature Center (ACNC), people think we are all about birds. It is understandable. It was the outrage over the killing of millions of birds to decorate ladies’ hats that led to the foundation of the Massachusetts Audubon Society in...
Audubon Lights Pop-up Thursday, April 6

Audubon Lights Pop-up Thursday, April 6

Jamestown, N.Y. – As promised, with the prediction of ideal weather, Audubon Community Nature Center (ACNC) is adding an Audubon Lights Pop-up on Thursday, April 6, 8:30 – 10 p.m. At Audubon Lights, on a luminary-lit path you experience a breathtaking trail of lasers,...